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border in a garden, as they are very apt to rot. On this account, when they are not grown on rock-work, they 
do best in pots, nearly half-filled with crocks, and the remainder with gravel or sand. They are all propagated 
by cuttings, which should be struck under a hand-glass. 
GENUS V. 
ONOSMODIUM, Michx. THE ONOSMODIUM. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted ; corolla tubularly cam- I four, one-celled, turgid, shining, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, im- 
panulate, with a naked throat; limb ventricose ; segments conniving ; perforated at the base. (G. Don.) 
stamens inclosed ; anthers sagittate, distinct ; style exserted. Nuts I 
Description, &c. — The species composing this genus are all hardy herbaceous plants, with terminal drooping 
racemes of white or cream-coloured flowers, and they are all natives of North America or Mexico. The name 
of Onosmodium signifies “ like Onosma.” 
l._ONOSMODIUM HISPIDUM, Michx. THE HISPID ONOSMODIUM. 
Synonymes. Lithospermum virginicum, Lin. ; Purshia hispida, j dotted with papillae ; racemes short, revolute ; segments of the corolla 
Lehm. j subulate, acute. 
Specific Character. — Hispid ; leaves obovate-lanceolate, acute, | 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this plant are of a yellowish-white, and closely resemble those of 
Symphytum. The species is a native of North America, from New York to Carolina, always growing on dry 
limestone rocks. It was introduced in 1759, and flowers from June till August. It generally grows about a 
foot high ; but in chalky soils it will attain the height of two feet, and sometimes more. It is quite hardy in 
British gardens. 
2._0N0SM0DIUM MOLLE, Michx. THE SOFT ONOSMODIUM. 
Synonymes. — Lithospermum Carolinianum, Lam. ; L. molle, I leaves approximate, ohlong-ovate, acutish, slightly thiee-nerved ; la- 
Muhl. ; Purshia mollis, Lehm. cemes short, terminal, nodding ; segments of the calyx acute, but 
Specific Character. — Plant clothed entirely with soft white hairs ; I those of the corolla suboval and obtuse. 
Description, &c. — This plant is smaller, and of a more delicate habit of growth, than the preceding 
species, from which it is easily distinguished by its being entirely covered with soft white hairs. The racemes 
of flowers are short and nodding, and the flowers themselves are white. The plant was introduced from North 
America in 1812. 
OTHER SPECIES OF ONOSMODIUM. 
There are only two other species of this genus, neither of which has been introduced. One of these, 0. 
scahrum, a native of the Arkansas, is said to have flowers which look like little shells when dried. 
